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An Overview of Business Development Consulting

Tom Spencer

Business development consultants engage in ‘prospecting’ which involves searching for potential customers who are likely to be a good fit for the product or service being offered. It is a waste of resources communicating with random strangers who can’t be helped or who can’t afford to pay. We prefer your competitor’s product.

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Just How Bad Is Business Travel for Your Health? Here’s the Data.

Harvard Business

I went with the pizza, but my lack of choices was annoying — so much so that, when I got home, I started looking into the data on health and travel for work. According to the Global Business Travel Association and American Express , Americans took more than 500 million domestic business trips in 2016.

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Purpose Behind Networking as an Aspiring Consulting

Tom Spencer

Beyond making a well-informed choice, building relationships with like-minded professionals can help to foster a positive work environment and enhance productivity within the office. She enjoys tennis, hiking, creative writing, travel, exploring new cultures, and mentoring K-12 students.

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The Price is Right: Decoding the Art of Product Pricing

Tom Spencer

One of the most common problems business leaders face is how to price a product. From entrepreneurs putting a new product on the market to executives at a public company revamping a product line, effective pricing is a key pillar of any successful sales and marketing strategy.

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Why Law Firms Need IT Policies

Kraft Kennedy

Is it acceptable to use your family computer to access your firm’s work product? The answers to these and hundreds of other questions should be documented and considered integra l to the operations of all organizations, especially in industries where work product and client data are highly sensitive, and highly valuable.

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How a Collaborative Culture Can Attract Young Professionals

Tom Spencer

Employee productivity being assessed by work completed not hours worked Professional services organizations have traditionally measured productivity by the number of billable hours worked rather than by the work produced during those hours. Ambitious young professionals value workplaces that recognize and reward productivity.

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Project Management Areas You Need to Rethink

PM Alliance

Our project management consulting team has helped clients transform their practices to take advantage of the latest technology tools and updated processes, and organizations today can access new resources that streamline and enrich the way project teams manage projects and support stakeholders.